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Braddock school board seat to be decided today, as redistricting referendum nears

By Emily Leayman
Vote dividers at a Fairfax County polling place for the 2023 general election (file photo)

Some voters will cast ballots in a special election for the Braddock District seat on the Fairfax County School Board today (Tuesday), while early voting for a statewide congressional redistricting amendment will begin later this week.

Polls opened at 6 a.m. and will remain open until 7 p.m. throughout the Braddock District. The special election is only open to registered voters in the Braddock District, but district residents can also register and vote a provisional ballot on Election Day at their assigned polling place.

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Fairfax County lands federal funds for Springfield road safety initiative, crisis facility and more

By Jared Serre
Commerce Street at Amherst Avenue facing Old Keene Mill Road in Springfield (staff photo by James Cullum)

Millions of dollars in federal funds are coming to Fairfax County after a minibus funding package was signed into law earlier this month.

Approximately $7.7 million has been allocated for six different projects, including $3.1 million for a traffic safety initiative focused on Springfield.

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Virginia offshore wind project among those halted by Trump administration

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press
Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Charybdis works to install generators for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project near Hampton Roads (via Dominion Energy)

The Trump administration on Monday suspended leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentagon.

Among the affected projects is Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which has been under construction about 27 miles off of the Virginia Beach coast since 2023.

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DEVELOPING: Kaine to support, Warner comes out in opposition to deal to end shutdown

By Angela Woolsey and Associated Press
The U.S. Capitol is photographed on 37th day of the government shutdown on Nov. 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is voting on the first steps to end the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who wanted to continue the fight.

The group of three former governors — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine — said they would vote to reopen if the Senate passed three annual spending bills and extend the rest of government funding until late January. Senate Majority Leader John Thune endorsed the deal Sunday night and called an immediate vote to begin the process of approving it.

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Walkinshaw co-pens resolution honoring slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Tysons resident

By Jared Serre
James Walkinshaw (staff photo by Jared Serre)

Rep. James Walkinshaw (D) is one of three leading lawmakers introducing a resolution today (Wednesday) commemorating Jamal Khashoggi, a Tysons resident and journalist who was killed at the direction of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince.

The proposed resolution acknowledges the anniversary of Khashoggi’s 2018 killing, in addition to calling on the Saudi Arabian government to “ensure appropriate accountability” for those responsible for his death.

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Shutdown threatens SNAP funding for thousands of Fairfax residents

By Angela Woolsey
A community member picks out food at Food for Others' new market (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Affording groceries, already a challenge for many households in the D.C. region, could become an even greater obstacle next month for thousands of Fairfax County residents with the suspension of federal food benefits.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, is expected to pause payments at the end of next week unless Congress and President Donald Trump resolve the budget standoff that has closed the federal government since Oct. 1.

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NEW: Smithsonian directed to prepare Space Shuttle Discovery for relocation

By Angela Woolsey
Udvar-Hazy Center visitors take in the Space Shuttle Discovery (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The White House is reportedly seeking to move forward with a planned relocation of the Discovery space shuttle from its longtime home in Chantilly to Texas.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has requested that the Smithsonian Institution work with NASA on preparing to transfer the orbiter from the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center to the Space Center Houston Museum in Texas, according to a letter sent to members of Congress earlier this week.

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NoVA elected officials report ‘improved conditions’ at ICE field office in Chantilly

By Jared Serre
ICE protest in Chantilly (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

Conditions at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chantilly have improved in recent weeks, four of Northern Virginia’s federal legislators say.

Sen. Mark Warner, as well as Reps. James Walkinshaw, Suhas Subramanyam and Don Beyer, visited the facility last Friday (Sept. 26) “after a month of attempting to gain access.”

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Senators seek to halt funding for space shuttle move as Congress faces budget deadline

By Angela Woolsey
Space Shuttle Discovery on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

The federal government could shut down this week, barring a last-minute compromise between Democratic and Republican Congressional leaders on a new budget.

While Democrats have singled out extending health care benefits as their top priority in the ongoing negotiations, Virginia’s senators are also looking to secure the Space Shuttle Discovery’s future at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly.

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Even members of Congress have no clear idea of unemployment related to Trump cuts

By Scott McCaffrey
Sen. Mark Warner speaks at a 2024 Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce event in Tysons on March 11, 2024 (staff photo by James Jarvis)

How many Northern Virginia residents have lost their jobs as part of federal cutbacks and their ripple effects on the economy? Nobody seems to know for sure — including members of the U.S. Senate.

“We’re still trying to get the right numbers,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (COG) board of directors at a meeting last Wednesday (June 11).

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